Coin-issuing apparatus.



F. WEVER. com ISSUING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC 23, 1908. 1,11 5,882. Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

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F. NEVER. 00m ISSUING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 23. 1908 Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

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COIN ISSUING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION 11,121) nsmzs, 190s.

' 1,1 15,882. Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

I FRITZ WEVER, OF ST'UTTGART, GERMANY.

COIN-ISS'UING APPARATUS.

1 Application filed December 23, 1908. Serial No. 468,903.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, FRITZ WEVER, a citizen of the German Empire, residing at Stuttgart, in the Kingdom of Wurttemberg, Empire of Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CoinIssuing Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has for its object a coin issuing apparatus having recording mechanism by which the sums issued are directly printed on the packets which receive the money, after the receiver has convinced himself of the correctness of the amount received, the said amount being exhibited through an inspection opening simultaneously with the issuing of themoney. The amounts have hitherto always been printed on separate recordingstrips and the checking of the amounts is thus extremely inconvenient, asif an incorrect amount is accidentally inserted in any one of the money bags, the amounts of all the bags must be again compared with the amounts noted on the strip.

Now in accordance with this invention, the checking is very considerably facilitated by the amount in question being printed on the outside 0t the bag or envelop, whereby only the bag bearing the printed amount in question need be looked for. Any suitable device may be employed for printing the amounts, and the printing is preferably effected independentlyof the keys, that is to say, operated by means of a separate key. The issuingof the coin and the printing of the bags are accordingly made independent of one another as regards time.

is arranged in such a way that it can print the necessary amount on the money bags so long as these are in'the ordinary positlon for receiving the money beneath the coin Specification of Letters Patent.

For this object a printing mechanism of known type Patented Nov. 3,

scribed as an example, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, 1n which,

Figure 1 18 a view in perspective of a coin" issuing apparatus provided with the improvement; Fig. 2, a side elevation in sec-.

tion of the printing device, showing the position of the bags when being printed; Fig. 3, a plan, view of the inspection openings showing the amount; while Fig. 4 is a front view of the arrangement of the money bags with reference to the collecting hopper, and also the place 011 which they are printed. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional viewthrough the ma'chine; Figs. 6 and 7 are detail views of certain of the operating-parts. Fig. 8 is a side view of Fig. 5.

The ,money issuing apparatus 1 is of known construction and belongs for in stance to that class ofiapparatus in which I by depressing a key 2" the amount is adj usted on an indicating segment 13 by means of any .suitable transmitting mechanism. The amount may then he read off by the receiver :through sight-openings. The re cording wheel or sector13 is connected with a printingwheel 9, mountedon a shaft 8, the rotation of which is transmitted to the shaft 12 of the wheel 13 bymeans of two.

toothed sectors 1O and 11,so that the positions of the wheels 9 and 13 coincide.

The bags 0 to be printed are placed in known manner at the mouth of the collecting hopper 4L, andlie'preferably in aholder 180. I Thebag ais also openedin. such a way that the coins a can fall therein, and the tab or flap b of the bag which is to be printed rests on a support3.

To operate the indicatingsegment 18, this 1 segment is arranged rotatably on a shaft li 'and'provided on the opposite "sidewith the sector 11, engaginginto the sector 10. -This sector 10 rotates 011 a shaft 8 and is provided with the printing segment 9. This segment 9 is connected by a link 7 with the doublearmecl lever. 16, pivoted at a fixed shaft 17. The lever 16 is connected by a link 18 with an arm 19, which has a toothed sector20. The teeth of this sectorQO engage with a pawl 21, turning on a pivot 22 and being ield in engagement by a spring 23 for fixing the pawl 21 in each position.

The teeth of the sector 20. are so formed, that. each turning movement may. be attained, wherein the pawl 21 slides above these teeth. Thearm 19 turns at a shaft 24:, on which a segment 25 is arranged (Fig. 7), provided with notches. Against these notches a projection 26 of the usual keys 27 meets, so that in pressing down one of the keys the projection 26 acts prior or later on its notch, so that the wheel 13 will be turned more or less according to the relating value of the key. In the same manner the printing wheel 9 is turned, so that the same numbers are adjusted as well as at the wheel 13 as at the wheel 9. For printing the adjusted number, a handle 28 is provided turning at 29 and being connected by a link 30 with a lever 31 turning on the shaft 17. This lever 31 is connected with some play with a forked ratchet 32, guided by a pivot 3-1 and engaging alternatively with a pinion 33. If it shall be printed, the lever 28 is actuated and the ratchet 32 turns a pinion 33 together with the cam 5, around the shaft 6. The cam 5. meets against the pinion 35 of the hammer 15, turning around the pinion 36 and presses it back. If now the cam 5 is turned further, the spring 37 presses quickly forward the hammer 15 and the number is printed thereby. This further turning of the cam 5 is executed by the returning of the handle 28.

Fig. 8 shows four sets of projections 26, which press down the segments 5, provided with the notches, so that if one of the keys is pressed down, the projection 26 acts prior or later upon its notch, whereby the segment 13 will be turned more or less, according to the relative value of the keys.

Upon the shafts 2st, 17, 12 and 8 are arranged a plurality of hollow shafts, and each of the hollow shafts is in connection with one of, the printing segments 9. The printing segments 9 are directly arranged one beside the other on the shaft 8.

If the ratchet 32 is moved forward enough, the guide 34 comes in the position of Fig. 6, that is to say, above the direction of the spring 38 of the ratchet 32. There-.

fore, the ratchet is no more a double-armed lever, but a one-armed lever, for the pivot 34, around which the ratchet 32 turns, has

now been moved above the spring 38. By these means the ratchet 32 is turned in the position of Fig. 6, that is to say, its other branch engages the pinion 33, so that at the returning of the handle 28 the cam 5 is turned further but in the same direction. This movement of the ratchet 32 is made possible, for the connection with levers 31 is executed with some play.

As the several devices are arranged one beside the other, the turning shafts are formed as hollow shafts or tubes.

hen the person receiving the bag has convinced himself of the correctness of the amount by means of the figures exhibited through sight-openings 14, a suitable lever or the like is operated, thus setting in movement the hammer 15 of the printing mechanism, which then strikes against the place to be printed and thereby prints the amount on the tab or flap 5 of the bag or envelop a.

I declare that what I claim is 1. In acoin-issuing apparatus, means for delivering the coin in combination with an indicating mechanism with means for operating it, and means for supporting a bag or holder to receive the coins, a segmental printing mechanism arranged in connection with said apparatus, and means for operating it simultaneously with the indicating and delivering mechanism to set it to printing position, and means for taking the impression on the bag holder.

2. In coin-issuing apparatus, in combination with a hopper, means for delivering the coin thereto a receptacle for containing the coin adapted to be inserted at the mouth thereof, an indicating mechanism with means for operating it, and a printing mechanism comprising a plurality of revoluble segments with means for operating it simultaneously with the indicating and delivering mechanism to set it to printing position, and means for taking the impression on the receptacle.

3. In a coin issuing apparatus, in combination with a coin hopper, a receptacle for containing the coin adapted to be. inserted at the mouth thereof, an indicating member, and means for operating it, a revoluble printing segment in operative relation to the indicating member, and a striking device for forcing the receptacle receiving the coin against the printing segment.

4. In a coin issuing apparatus, means for delivering the coins a shaft journaled in said apparatus, an indicating segment mounted on the shaft, a toothed segment formed with the indicating segment and oppositely disposed thereto, a printing segment, a toothed segment formed therewith, and engaging the corresponding segment integral with the indicating segment, raised numbers serially arranged on the printing segment, means for actuating the segments to simultaneously display the amount disbursed and to set the printing segment in proper position, and means for printing the said number on a suitable package.

5. In a coin issuing apparatus, a plurality of key bars, segments operated by the key bars, cooperating printing and indicating segments, link connections between the printing segments and the segments operated by the key bars to revolve the printing and indicating segments respectively to points indicated by the keys depressed, means for printing from the number seg ments a particular number on a suitable package.

6. In a coin-issuing apparatus, means for delivering the coins, a shaft journaled in said apparatus, an indicating segment mounted on the shaft, a toothed segment formed with the indicating segment and oppositely disposed thereto, a printing segment, a toothed segment formed therewith and engaging the corresponding segment integral'vvith the indicating segment, raised numbers serially arranged on the printing segment, means for actuating the segments simultaneously to display the amount disbursed and to set the printing segment in proper position, means for printing the said number on a suitable package, key bars connected to the indicating and printing segments, coin-delivering devices for simultaneously operating all three, and additional means for performing the printing, said means including a striking hammer.

7. In a coin-issuing machine comprising 20 a plurality of indicating segments, a series of printing segments cooperating With the indicating segments, key-operated mechac nisms connected to the printing segments for moving the segments a predetermined 25 printing thereon the amount delivered from 39 the machine.

In testimony whereof I aflix my slgnature, in presence of two Witnesses.

FRITZ Wis-vita;

Witnesses JEAN GULDEN, HERMANN Horrn.

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